Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind Heart

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"The last novel from the acclaimed author of The Artificial Silk Girl, this 1950 classic paints a delightfully shrewd portrait of postwar German society. Upon his release from a prisoner-of-war camp, Ferdinand Timpe returns somewhat uneasily to civilian life in Cologne. Having survived against the odds, he is now faced with a very different sort of dilemma: How to get rid of his fiance e? Although he certainly doesn't love the mild-mannered Luise, Ferdinand is too considerate to break off the engagement himself, so he sets about finding her a suitable replacement husband-no easy task given Luise's high standards and those of her father, formerly a proud middle-ranking Nazi official. Featuring a lively cast of characters-from Ferdinand's unscrupulous landlady with her black-market schemes to his beguiling cousin Johanna and the many loves of her life-Ferdinand captures a distinct moment in Germany's history, when its people were coming to terms with World War II and searching for a way forward. In Irmgard Keun's effervescent prose, the story feels remarkably modern"--

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• Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind HeartPaperbackOther Press2020-12-08
• Ferdinand, der Mann mit dem freundlichen HerzenDroste Verlag1950-01-01
• Ferdinand, der Mann mit dem freundlichen HerzenBastei Lübbe1982-01-01
• Ferdinand, the Man with the Kind HeartOther Press, LLC2020-01-01
• Ferdinand, the Man with the Kind HeartPenguin Books, Limited2020-01-01
• Ferdinand, the Man with the Kind HeartPenguin Books, Limited2021-01-01